repression

  • 61repression — See psychoanalysis …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 62repression — re pres·sion || rɪ preʃn n. state of being repressed, suppression; suppression of undesirable feelings urges or memories within the unconscious (Psychoanalysis) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 63repression — n. 1. Suppression. 2. Check, restraint …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 64repression — n 1. control, restraint, check, curb; blockage, impediment, obstruction, inhibition, hindrance, encumbrance, determent, deterrent, restriction, fettering, shackling, chaining, tethering, harnessing, bridling; constraint, cramp, limitation,… …

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  • 65repression — re·pres·sion …

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  • 66repression — n. (in psychoanalysis) the process of excluding an unacceptable wish or an idea from conscious mental life. The repressed material may give rise to symptoms. One goal of psychoanalysis is to return repressed material to conscious awareness so… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 67repression — UK [rɪˈpreʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the use of force or violence to control people 2) the behaviour of someone who refuses to show or admit strong feelings that they have …

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  • 68repression — re•pres•sion [[t]rɪˈprɛʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) the act of repressing; state of being repressed 2) psl prs the suppression from consciousness of distressing or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses …

    From formal English to slang

  • 69repression — /rəˈprɛʃən/ (say ruh preshuhn) noun 1. the act of repressing. 2. the state of being repressed. 3. Psychology the rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, and impulses …

  • 70repression — re|pres|sion sb., en, er, erne (undertrykkelse) …

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